Relationship of victim to suspect | | | | |
Spouse/ex-spouse
| 15 | 11.2 | 3 | 0.7 |
Current/former boyfriend/girlfriend
| 23 | 17.2 | 16 | 3.6 |
Parent/stepparent
| 1 | 0.7 | 6 | 1.4 |
Child/stepchild
| 2 | 1.5 | 15 | 3.4 |
Other family member*
| 3 | 2.1 | 10 | 2.1 |
Friend
| 1 | 0.7 | 14 | 3.1 |
Acquaintance
| 7 | 5.2 | 58 | 12.9 |
Other person, known to victim†
| 1 | 0.7 | 9 | 2.0 |
Stranger
| 1 | 0.7 | 14 | 3.1 |
Law enforcement officer injured in the line of duty
| 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.2 |
Number of suspects known, but relationship of victim to suspect unknown
| 40 | 29.9 | 136 | 30.3 |
No identified suspect or suspects
| 40 | 29.9 | 175 | 39.0 |
Homicide related to argument, abuse or conflict‡ | 79 | 75.9 | 193 | 64.5 |
Intimate partner violence
| 59 | 56.7 | 39 | 13.0 |
Argument over money or property
| 2 | 1.9 | 10 | 3.3 |
Other argument, abuse or conflict
| 18 | 17.3 | 144 | 48.2 |
Homicide was precipitated by another crime‡ | 23 | 22.1 | 74 | 24.8 |
Robbery
| 9 | 8.7 | 42 | 14.1 |
Rape or sexual assault
| 6 | 5.8 | 0 | 0.0 |
Other crime
| 6 | 4.5 | 28 | 6.4 |
Homicide was drug related‡ | 7 | 6.7 | 49 | 16.4 |
Victim used a weapon‡ | 2 | 1.9 | 29 | 9.7 |